diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/auto-updater/auto-updater-win.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/auto-updater/auto-updater-win.coffee
index a9a61d8efe..12ebedaaf7 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/auto-updater/auto-updater-win.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/auto-updater/auto-updater-win.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-app = require 'app'
-url = require 'url'
+{app} = require 'electron'
 {EventEmitter} = require 'events'
+url = require 'url'
 
 squirrelUpdate = require './squirrel-update-win'
 
diff --git a/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee b/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
index b337f71950..0ea97d86ba 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
+++ b/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 if process.platform is 'linux' and process.type is 'renderer'
   {remote} = require 'electron'
   # On Linux we could not access clipboard in renderer process.
-  module.exports = remote.require 'clipboard'
+  module.exports = remote.getBuiltin 'clipboard'
 else
   module.exports = process.atomBinding 'clipboard'